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Pelsall

"Pelsall, or Pelshall is a township, chapelry (of Wolverhampton), and scattered village, in the South Division of Offlow Hundred, eight miles NE of Wolverhampton, and eight miles SW of Lichfield. It has 1026 inhabitants, and about 850 acres of land, belonging chiefly to Phineas Fowke Hussey, Esq, and partly to Mr William Hanbury, and Mr Henry Charles, but the Duke of Cleveland is lessee lord of the manor, as part of the deanery of Wolverhampton, to which the minerals belong. At Pelsall Wood, an extensive common crossed by the Wyrley & Essington Canal, is a large coal mine, and extensive iron works, the former established about 25, and the latter about 20 years ago. Bar and sheet iron of the best quality is manufactured here, and there are in the village several nail makers. Here is a small station on the South Staffordshire Railway. Pelsall was anciently the seat of Robert de Corbeuil, a Norman, who came to England with Willaim the Conqueror, and held the manor of Robert de Stafford, by the service of a knight's fee. His descendants assumed the name of Pelshall. The heiress of the family, grand-daughter of the last Sir Thomas Pelshall, was married during the last century to the Earl of Breadalbane, in Scotland. " [From History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire, William White, Sheffield, 1851]

"Pelsall Chapel was an ancient brick fabric, but was entirely rebuilt in 1843-4, and is a plain brick fabric, with a gallery, but no tower. The perpetual curacy is in the patronage of the Bishop of Lichfield, and incumbency of the Rev William Jesse, BA, of Margaretting, Essex, for whom the Rev Philip G Harper, MA, officiates. The Wesleyan have a neat chapel here, built in 1836. "

Church of England RegistersThe register of St Michael & All Angels (formerly St Mary), commences in 1756. The original registers for the period 1756-1997 (Bapts), 1849-1993 (Mar) & 1746-1812 & 1818-1997 (Bur) are deposited at Staffordshire Record Office. Marriages before 1846 usually took place in the mother church of Wolverhampton St Peter. Some Pelsall burials took place in Bloxwich or Rushall to avoid burial fees which had to be paid to Pelsall and the mother church. There are also some Pelsall baptisms noted in the Rushall registers in 1709 and 1712. Bishops Transcripts, 1799-1839 (Bapts & Bur only) are deposited at Lichfield Record Office. A transcript of the Pelsall registers for the period 1763-1812 (Bapts & Bur) was published jointly by the Staffordshire Parish Register Society and the Birmingham & Midland SGH in 1985 together with the Rushall registers.

Electoral registers for the parliamentary constituency of which Pelsall formed part are shown below together with dates and locations of the registers which are held at Staffordshire Record Office (SRO) or Walsall Local History Centre (WLHC)